Microsoft has released a new tool designed to help enterprises detect updates provided with the Microsoft Security Bulletins released May 082007. This tool is a command line scanning tool built for the sole purpose of helping customers determine systems that may need security updates provided with the released bulletins. Users of this tool should have experience in deploying software to corporate environments and with using command line tools.

More information on this tool can be found in the readme.rtf documentation packaged with the tool download.

What is the Enterprise Update Scan Tool (EST)?
As part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools for bulletin-class issues, a stand-alone tool has been provided. When a detection tool is created for a specific bulletin, customers will be able to script running the tool from a command line interface, and process the results using an XML output file. Detailed documentation will be provided with the tool to ensure customers can leverage it quickly. There will also be a version of the tool that SMS customers can obtain that offers an integrated experience for SMS administrators from the SMS Web site

This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.

Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware, devices, and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.